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joemonte
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 1:30 pm |
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I am in the midst of working on my daughter-in-laws laptop. Among other things I installed a new SSD and upgraded to WIN 10 for her. These things came from a second laptop of mine that is no longer in use. To work on the laptop I included her PC in my wi-fi network. Everything is going fine with the network and all the PC's.
Before I return the PC to her I would like to remove some things from the machine, such as bookmarks, some apps, etc. The issue is that if I remove anything from her machine, it is also removed from the other PC's on the network.
I have tried to shut down sync on her laptop but this does not prevent the problem. So, my question is how can I remove data from her PC while keeping it on the other networked PCs?
As always, thank you in advance for any assistance you can give me.
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jaylach
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 1:44 pm |
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Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:09 am Posts: 9485 Location: The state of confusion; I just use Wyoming for mail.
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Steve will probably do better on this but I have a couple of questions.
1) Are the systems using One Drive?
2) Are you logging in via a local account or a Microsoft account?
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joemonte
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 2:03 pm |
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Hi Jay, All the machines have one drive.
We are using Microsoft accounts.
What would happen if I turned off Wi-fi on the laptop? Would that prevent these changes? Of Course, when I turn wi-fi back on would the changes then take place?
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jaylach
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 2:41 pm |
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First I doubt that it is One Drive as it affects the Favorites which, normally, not be in the One Drive Folder.
I would say that, yes, disabling Wi-Fi would stop the issue but you MAY do better by switching the laptop to a Local Account. You can also leave the Microsoft Account and tell it not to sync. To control what get synced through a Microsoft Account go to Start => Settings => Accounts => Sync your settings. Turning off some sync options might help.
The sync settings listed last above should probably be your first try.
If Steve's opinion on this differs I would advise going with Steve's advice.
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sboots
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 3:26 pm |
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Joined: Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:48 pm Posts: 2959 Location: New Jersey
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jaylach
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 7:35 pm |
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Thanks for the input Steve. To be honest I never knew that Edge synced Favorites directly. I figured that it just synced from the Favorites within the user folder. Would the Edge sync also include such things as cookies and passwords?
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sboots
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 7:58 pm |
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Passwords, yes. Cookies, I don't think so. However, you can configure it to sync history and even last open tabs... Attachment:
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jaylach
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 8:12 pm |
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Hmmm, interesting! just found your settings dialog within Edge Steve. I assume that due to my systems using local accounts all of Edge's sync settings are turned off. I DO see that I can turn on Edge's sync. Looks like something worth playing with. Mayhaps even useful in setting up a new system.
Sorry to add other questions joemonte but they just might help as to deciding on what to do.
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joemonte
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Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 11:28 pm |
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Hey guys, I've read and taken both your advice to resolve the problem. I ended up turning off sync in One Note and got into Edge to turn off sync for favorites. I was able to get rid of a lot of info my daughter-in-law doesn't need.
I thank you both for your help. Again you guys came through. FYI, I visit this site a couple times a day for what I can learn. It seems you never fail me.
Again thanks.
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jaylach
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 12:19 pm |
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